What type of knot do you tie?

[Mr. Rover]

One of the few modern-ish looks that I like is a four-in-hand with a spread collar. When I was interning over the summer in New York for DC Design, I was helping rig a lot of looks/mannequins and we went out to buy ties from Barney's. The tight four-in-hand with these ties sticks out just like a vintage tie does with a collar bar and looks nice IMHO with the spread collars.

Btw, ALWAYS A DIMPLE. One dimple- no more, no less.

 

[Feraud]

I like how a four-in-hand looks with those wide spread collars, especially when they are stiff enough to have some lift like when using a collar pin. This was a big look when I was dressing mannequins interning for DC Design over the summer.

Didn't you find too much room between the knot and collar with this combo?
Does the use of a collar pin close the gap?

 

[carebear]

You aren't alone anymore Wingnut. I also almost exclusively use a Pratt.

To be honest I didn't know it had a formal name, the little Nordstrom's "How to tie a tie" pamphlet I keep around for when I want to try something different calls it "the inside out knot".

I like that I can get a dimple and it turns out so even. I started using it in the Marines cause it was fast and easy.

 

[Mr. Rover]

Well, you can't use a collar pin with a spread collar. I was merely saying that the stiff silk ties available right now look good with a spread collar because they protrude as if there was an invisible collar bar holding it up.

 

[magneto]

Four in hand... It's the only knot I can get *right*. I remember having tried to tie a windsor and I ended up with a dimple on the knot itself.

And how do you tie a Pratt?

http://www.tie-a-tie.net/ has diagrams/pictures and videos too, I think, for all tie types. Even I can tie one thanks to them.
(I do have some short vintage wool ties that I wear once in a while for the ever-fashionable girl-reporter look and a Pratt is the only one that doesn't make a knot bigger than my head).

 

[Tomasso]

Try The Prince Albert

I use a four in hand, but if the tie is too long (5'8) I will use a tight half-windsor.

It's basically 4IH with an extra wrap around.


http://www.brooksbrothers.com/tieknots/tieknots.tem

 

[shindeco]

Depends on the tie. Short ties get the four in hand but I have a few ties where they four in hand just doesn't work (a hand-painted 40s number is the one I think of off the bat: the fabric is just so thin that a four in hand disappears.)

Bow ties, well, they get tied like bow ties. They'd look pretty silly with a four in hand ;-)

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The tight four-in-hand with these ties sticks out just like a vintage tie does with a collar bar and looks nice IMHO with the spread collars.

Prince Charles wears this combo. It looks alright.

bk

 

[Dixon Cannon]

I don't know what it's called, but...

...it's got a dimple that would make Peter Jennings proud! (RIP dimplemeister!)

-dixon cannon

 

[jamespowers]

Half Windsor all the time. It just works for me. [huh] I don't even think I remember how to tie a four in hand anymore. :eusa_doh:
As an aside Matt, I wore a bowtie Sunday.

Regards,

J

 

[ProperRogue]

Half-windsor

When I wear a tie these days, it is a half-Windsor with a dimple. I am 6'2 and weigh a solid 205 so the knot looks about the right size on me. Besides, a four-in-hand brings back memories of those terrible black polyester ties I had to wear when I was in the Army. Awful!

PR

 

[AcmeNews]

Half windsor

I generally tie a half windsor, although if I wear a wide spread collar, I may switch to a full windsor. I am picky about a simple, symetrical dimple.

 

[The Reno Kid]

Usually a half-Windsor but it depends on the tie, the shirt, and the occasion. For example, I find that a four-in-hand works well with a good quality repp tie because of the weight of the silk. On a lighter foulard silk, a half-Windsor usually works better for me. However, with a spread collar, I will usually tie a half-Windsor, even in a heavier tie. With a narrow spread, a four-in-hand nearly always looks better to me, especially with a collar bar. Generally (but not always), I find the half-Windsor tends to look a little more formal, so I'm more inclined to wear one at a wedding, for example. I could count all the times I have worn a full Windsor on one hand (maybe one finger).

 

[carebear]

http://www.tie-a-tie.net/ has diagrams/pictures and videos too, I think, for all tie types. Even I can tie one thanks to them.
(I do have some short vintage wool ties that I wear once in a while for the ever-fashionable girl-reporter look and a Pratt is the only one that doesn't make a knot bigger than my head).

Seeing as how for the moment I'm single and my sister is across the country you're on fashion advisor detail.

I was given a wool Marine Corps tartan tie (pretty, well really, narrow) by a local Irish shop owner.

What the heck goes with slightly fuzzy green wool? My suits, cotton and silk dress shirts and khakis sure don't go.

Any ideas?

Anyone?

[huh]

 

[Hemingway Jones]

A full Windsor is fun to wear around the office, because no one else knows how to tie one. All of you fellows know how to tie multiple knots, but most men don't think about it and only use one knot. It is fun to differentiate myself.

 

[Zach R.]

Myself, since I NEVER wear spread collar shirts and like small knots, I usually stick to the FIH and Pratt.

 

["Doc" Devereux]

A full Windsor is fun to wear around the office, because no one else knows how to tie one. All of you fellows know how to tie multiple knots, but most men don't think about it and only use one knot. It is fun to differentiate myself.

Much like the three-piece it goes with. I'm with you on that one, Hem, and used to do the same thing! :cheers1:

These days it depends on the shirt, but I have a lot of spread collars so the Full WIndsor goes on whenever it looks right. I really like the way it fills up the space.

 

[KAT]

What type of knot do you tie ?

is this the right place to talk about weddings ? lol

ok ok..im leaving this thread already..........:whistling

 

[carebear]

is this the right place to talk about weddings ?

Knots Kat, not nooses.

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

My Dad always wore a Windsor, so that's what he passed on to me. I can do a half-Windsor, but I prefer the Windsor.